Dr Olivia Skrobot
BSc(Leeds), MSc(Lond.), PhD(N'cle)
Current positions
Senior Research Associate
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Research interests
After completing her PhD at Newcastle University, Olivia returned to the Institute of Psychiatry where she had originally gained her MSc in Neuroscience, to conduct pharmacogenetic research for a medical diagnostics spin-out company. This involved identifying genetic factors associated with response to drug treatments, such as antipsychotics and cholinesterase inhibitors.
Olivia joined the Dementia Research Group in 2010 to coordinate an Alzheimer’s Society funded project; the Vascular Impairment of Cognition Classification Consensus Study (VICCCS). The study involves surveying international researchers and clinicians using a series of online questionnaires, with the aim of developing a new international consensus for Vascular Cognitive Impairment (VCI) classification.
She is also faciliating the formation of a new collaborative VCI DNA consortium that will serve a key role for testing candidate genes of VCI in the future.
Publications
Recent publications
01/01/2024Altered Gene Expression Within the Renin–Angiotensin System in Normal Aging and Dementia
Journals of Gerontology, Series A
Dysregulation of the renin-angiotensin system in vascular dementia
Brain Pathology
Author Correction
Nature Communications
New insights into the genetic etiology of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias
Nature Genetics
Renin Angiotensin System as a Potential Treatment Target for Traumatic Brain Injury
Journal of Neurotrauma